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A Pre-Experimental Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Eating Disorders Among Adolescent Girls in Selected Areas of District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

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A Pre-Experimental Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Eating Disorders Among Adolescent Girls in Selected Areas of District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh


Monika | Prabhjot Singh | Rajwant Randhawa



Monika | Prabhjot Singh | Rajwant Randhawa "A Pre-Experimental Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Eating Disorders Among Adolescent Girls in Selected Areas of District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-1, December 2021, pp.980-1002, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd47883.pdf

Statement of Problem: “A Pre-Experimental study to evaluate the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Attitude regarding Eating Disorders among Adolescent Girls in selected areas of District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.” Material and method: A pre-experimental research design were used present study. Total sample for the study used were 60 subjects of selected schools of Kangra convenient sampling technique. Two tools were used to collect the data in the study i.e. demographic profile sheet and self-structured knowledge questionnaire and eating disorder scale. The data was collected from subject in selected schools of District Kangra Himachal Pradesh, after explaining them the purpose of study. RESULTS: Result of the present study shows the descriptive and inferential statistics in pre Out of total, majority 82% of study subjects had average knowledge, 18% had poor knowledge and none of had good knowledge regarding Eating disorder. Whereas in post-test Out of total, majority 75% of study subjects had good knowledge, 18% had average knowledge and none of had poor knowledge regarding Eating disorders. Whereas the attitude score in pre-test Out of total, majority 75% of study subjects had negative attitude, 21% had neutral attitude and 5% had positive attitude toward eating, whereas in post-test Out of total, 48% of study subjects had negative attitude, 31% had neutral attitude and 21% had positive attitude toward eating Therefore, the structured teaching programme regarding eating disorder was moderately effective in improving the attitude of study subjects. Therefore, null hypothesis is rejected and research hypothesis is accepted. CONCLUSION This chapter deals with the conclusion of the study which was done to evaluate the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Attitude regarding Eating Disorders. The Mean±S.D. was (13.88±3.4) and in post-test knowledge score the Mean±S.D was (19.82±3.0). and the mean % was (46.3) in pre-test and in post-test the mean % was (79.2), pre-test range was (6-17), post test range was (13-24). To find out the difference paired t-test was applied, the value of t was (18.70) at df 59 and p =< 0.00001. Whereas pre-test attitude score the Mean±S.D. was (40.93±18.8) and in post-test attitude score the Mean±S.D was (55.8±19.6). and the mean % was (46.3) in pre-test and in post-test the mean % was (79.2), pre-test range was (12-84), post test range was (21-84 ).To find out the difference paired t-test was applied, the value of t was (5.641) at df 59 and p =< 0.00001. Hence, I can be inferred that post-test knowledge and attitude score of study subjects was significantly higher than pretest. It can be concluded that the structured teaching programme regarding eating disorder was effective in improving the knowledge and attitude of study subjects. Therefore, null hypothesis is rejected and research hypothesis is accepted.

Eating disorders, Schools, Knowledge, attitude, Adolescents


IJTSRD47883
Volume-6 | Issue-1, December 2021
980-1002
IJTSRD | www.ijtsrd.com | E-ISSN 2456-6470
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